PSYCH 105 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Psych, Statistical Significance
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This study guide is intended to help you focus your studying of your lecture notes. It only refers to lecture material and you should use other tools to study the textbook material. Also, this guide is not meant to reveal any secrets of the exam. Some topics on this study guide will not be included on the exam and some topics will be on the exam but not appear on the study guide. Understand why the imagined presence of other people might be important. Know about milgram"s study of obedience and how this illustrates the power of the situation on behavior. Understand the difference between automatic and controlled processing. Know what each of the three correlational methods for research are as well as the pros and cons of each method. Know that correlation does not equal causation (and why). Know what each of the two experimental methods are as well as the pros and cons of each.
